Open source personal tracking system gets first test
An open source wireless tracking system for following people around buildings got its first public use last week at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin.
The creators of the…
Beryl Website Hacked
On January 2nd, 2007 Beryl was the victim of an online attack directed at our MySQL server. This attack removed most entries for the past several weeks and will cost countless hours in repair and…
Linux to push on into mission-critical computing
Having acquitted itself well at the network perimeter, enterprises are now ready to let Linux in on its crown jewels: mission-critical computing, claims report.
Almost half of the world's…
First phase of Korea's open source city a success
Korea's fifth-largest city, with a population of 1.4 million, has completed the first phase of its open source adoption strategy.
Gwangju Metropolitan City, which counts auto manufacturing…
TUX Magazine Ends Publication
Looks like TUX Magazine has decided to call it quits.
"I am sorry to inform our readers that Issue 20 of TUX was the last produced. While we have received an amazing amount of positive…
PlaneShift Open Source MMORPG Developers Wanted
PlaneShift is an Open Source MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Game) which is in a steady process of development . Technically PlaneShift is based on CrystalSpace (with CAL3D and CEL…
Amsterdam tests open source software
Microsoft Corp. has two years in which to convince Amsterdam city authorities that it can offer better value for money on the desktop than open source alternatives.
The city will conduct…
Microsoft Vista is not an option
"I have realized that I can not move to Vista, ever, Microsoft is forcing me to Linux."
As a disclaimer, I will say that none of my desktops run Linux now. I am a marginally disgruntled…
SabayonLinux x86/x86-64 3.25 Released
"We are now considered by the Beryl developers the official distribution. Why...? Don't ask us, just ask Quinn_Storm, one of the main developers that switched to using SabayonLinux! Because of…
Compiz 0.3.6 Released
Another development version of Compiz has been released. Compiz 0.3.6 adds Basic Drag+Drop support for Scale, KDE-Window-Decorator for KDE users, Improved metacity theme support and button…